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I use a proxy. I connect to it, but I cannot configure it. I access security cameras from the proxied location to one that is not. I got lucky in setting up the open ports to accept connection to my ...

I am attempting to use port 4 as my SSH port. Though when I enter:
ssh -p 4 Patrick:172.xxx.xxx.xxx
It always returns with ssh: connect to host 172.xxx.xxx.xxx port 4: Connection refused and yes, I ...

Say for example I ran a port scan that resulted in lots of open ports that were not used for well-known services, and I didn't know what protocols they used to communicate.
How would I exploit these ...

make search name=X and make search key=Y don't seem to find command names reliably, especially not if they aren't mentioned in the port's description. In Debian-based systems there's apt-file which ...

My dormitory's internet connection is protected by SecureW2. This means that I have to install SecureW2 client on my computer and it won't let me in unless my username and password are correct. This ...

I'm setting up a game server and I have a bunch of ports forwarded already (all in use). So I'm putting one into /etc/ppp/firewall-masq, which is full of iptables rules. The game server is served by a ...

I am at the public library currently using a mac book and I am trying to SSH into my server. I am normally able to do so in other places that are not on my local network, but I am not able to here. ...

I have been looking at netstat output on a MacBook. I noticed that some applications enable you to specify which port it uses. For example, utorrent allows you to do that. I chose a port 55743 then ...

Recently our company has blocked all incoming ports by default. Since then I am unable to download from torrent sites. Our network engineers allowed to open the ports for me in which uTorrent is using ...

Recently there have been a lot of people cheating on Xbox Live using a modded Xbox and a networking service called Xbox Live Stealth which allows them to bypass the Microsoft servers so their Xbox's ...

How can I configure Jenkins to run on the HTTP port 80, only accessible to a certain Apache virtual server only on a specific subdomain?
I have one virtual server: business.com running on the server.
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I thought a web server process I brought up was listening on localhost:8080, and tried to connect to it, but kept getting connection reset errors. As it turns out, I was mistaken and my process was ...

I heard that Viber is a great alternative to Skype so I'm trying it out. I discover that it connects just fine on 3G but never on Wifi. On my wifi-only tablet it won't ever connect, nor on my desktop ...

I have a (very common inexpensive) wireless Cisco router at the office where I work. The manager wanted to know if there's a way to configure the router to allow only web access. How would I go about ...

I want to connect to my Arch linux virtual machine from my debian(host) by ssh, but
connection is refused, I scanned 22 port on Virtual Machine and its closed, How can I open this port to enable ssh ...

I don't think it's a bug in SoftPerfect's Network Scanner because I can get the same results using two other port scanners.
Oddly, "Giga" is the only device that does not show as exposing 8080, yet ...

I'm NOT looking for advice such as "try wireshark." I'm trying to understand what netcat is and isn't.
When I try to listen (-l) to port 80, it says "address already in use." Can netcat not listen to ...

This seems like a really straightforward problem, but I haven't had much luck looking around the internet so far. (A couple message boards are talking about it, but they don't offer any solutions.)
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Running VMware player with Cent OS. Running a server in the virtual os and trying to connect to it from the host pc to no avail.
I have tried bridged, NAT, and host-only type network connections. I am ...

On some networks (primarily corporate ones), the firewall restricts outbound connections to some port number. The allowed ports generally comprise of port 80, 11, 443, etc.
Is there a way I could do ...

I have put private server on Debian, I would like to be able to send mail but port 25 is blocked by my ISP. I checked it by opening a telnet connection to another mail server.
The good news is that I ...

I bought a flash recently,
In the warranty card there was a caution saying "Always use USB ports on the back of the case" .
Is there any difference between front and back ports?
They are all connected ...

I'm having a rather strange issue with my network here, and I'm hoping you guys might be able to help me out.
As of recently, over the past few weeks or so, I've been noticing some strange problems ...